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Sustainability in Zone 5
When I first started this adventure in January, I did what I always do and devoured every blog, book, and podcast I could on the subject. And you know what I learned?? It's a lot easer to live sustainably in a place where the growing season is longer than 5 months. It's a lot easier to eat local when your state grows 90% of the county's produce. I don't live in California. While the rest of those homesteading blogs were posting pictures of local strawberries in March, I still had snow on the ground. And boy was I bitter. This is going to be a blog about living sustainably with very little space. I live in a 600 sq ft apartment with 4 windows. They are my growing space in the winter. I have a small shaded balcony. That's my garden. This is homesteading for the rest if us, for the broke, for the people without access to land, and those of us always dealing with the late frost.
My first project on my new knitting loom. I made a belt.
Knowing I can feed myself with just flour, water, oil and herbs is a good feeling. I used this recipe ( Http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-scallion-pancakes-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-107405) for scallion pancakes only had two scallions so I made one with oregano and one with cilantro as well. The herbs came from my garden. I'm still hunting for a job but I can make good food from what I have on hand.
“Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient”
—Aristotle
“Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient.”
—Aristotle
“When someone is properly grounded in life, they shouldn't have to look outside themselves for approval.”
—Epictetus
Love yourself:
Be mindful of your inner thoughts
Be mindful of the words you speak
Be honest to yourself and others
Accept yourself
Trust yourself
Keep learning
Follow your passion
Do what you love
Service to others/volunteer
Share relevant info for free
Eat natural/whole foods, consume wisely
Read/learn from YouTube
Be supportive
Practice gratitude
Take care of your overall well-being (mentally and physically):
Exercise
Lift weights if you can
Self-sufficient people who are always learning attract self-sufficient people who are always learning (and growing)
Important to know if you want to avoid narcissism and codependent relationships
Be the embodiment of a self-sufficient person Be balanced mentally & emotionally
How you respond is everything (virtue over vice)
Always kind with your intentions, thoughts, words, and actions
Trust god/your higher self first and have faith
Detachment is also key 🔑
If you don’t have entitlement issues and you are a self sufficient person, the future is bright.
Here’s some support on my part & a nod to part of my editor’s heritage. If anyone else would like to help, don’t hesitate to chip in some way.
A friend of mine posted this and tagged my old instagram account, asking me to share it. I figured sharing it here where I actually have a following, would be far better.
Please remember that just because the government is giving into pressure and greed, that doesn’t mean that any of this is getting any better, in a lot of ways it’s getting worse. And even if you yourself aren’t being as heavily affected anymore, there are people and communities that are.
Stay safe Darling ones, and help others remain safe too.
This is the bucket farm at the old place, last year, before the landlord put us out. Moving the plants traumatized them, so the crop mostly failed.The beans died. I got about a bushel of potatoes, We’ll try again, this year.